Month: June 2013

Lots of thoughts while I was out looking at the supermoon. Thoughts about time and life. Perhaps there is no time, only entropy. Perhaps our greatest mistake is thinking we live on the earth instead of knowing we are living expressions of the earth.

I’ve been in a weird, frantic place for a while. It’s funny, I’m patient with everyone except who I should be, every situation except the one’s that require patience. But I guess any situation that leads to better self understanding is worth living eh? So it’s all good.

My tomatoes are sparse and malformed but the kitchen remodel is 99% done and looks spectacular.

My ongoing spiritual evolution is beginning to affect my real life. We’ve amped up our recycling efforts and I bought a shampoo bar instead of bottled shampoo to avoid putting more plastic in the environment. One obstacle I’m running into with my exploration is the personal connection I felt before. I’ve not found that yet and I wonder if I will.

My husband’s birthday is rapidly approaching and I’m having trouble choosing a gift. I always want to get him the perfect gift but I don’t have the gift knack that he does. I usually go big to make up for it. I don’t really want to do that this time.

Anyway, happy supermoon to everyone.

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One guy with one husband two grown children and a yapping dog plows his way through life, occasionally looking back and thinking "Did I do that?"

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Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.